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Nightly Business Report for wednesday, may 7th. Going, everyone, and welcome. Federal reserve chair janet yellen went to capitol hill today. She told Congress Joint Economic committee that the u. S. Economy is turning up after a winter of virtual standstill. But she pointed to several areas that bear watching, among them, housing. Steve liesman has our report. Reporter fed chair Janet Yellens testimony before Congress Joint Economic committee today blamed the first quarters economic weakness sol...

Thats down and a check of the markets at 153point rally. S p up 17. Nasdaq up 54 this hour. The small cap russell 2000 leads higher off the mid mfmonth lows and perhaps more than anything is the october surprise. Joining us now, rob morgan, michael cagino, christine short is here, peter costa and our very own Rick Santelli heading into the weekend. Peter, this is a really strong rally now. Were up over 10 on the s p in just about 12 sessions. How do you feel about it . Well, you know, ive been o...

Of course, you know thattic be true. Not every headline matters. No matter how official and full of gravitas it might sound. How the heck are you supposed to tell the difference between what matters and what doesnt . In this world of information overload, how do you know what truly deserves your attention and what you can pass on. You only have solve time to do homework, so you have to use that time wisely. This stuff comes so fast and few injure, you never had time to ask, hmm, does that even m...

A warm welcome to the programme. We begin in poland, where president andrzej duda, appears to be edging towards a narrow victory in the second round of the polish president ial election. Exit polls have predicted that hell take 51 of the vote to beat his rival, the centre right mayor of warsaw, rafau chaskovski. From warsaw, adam easton reports. It was the closest president ial election since the fall of communism more than 30 years ago. According to the exit poll, president duda won by the slim...

Coast. It is expected to bring high winds and heavy winds and flash flooding. Gentlem janessa webb is here with the forecast. We are expecting updated conditions at the top of the hour. What do we know about the storm . Reporter unfortunately overnight we have even from the National Hurricane center and Hurricane Hunters that isaias has really strengthened. Now part of the storm has run into drier air and split into two. It is trying to break apart. Kendis, the problem from West Palm Beach to fr...

Center of isaias. This wind shear cuts it to pieces. That causes it to weaken. As you can see on satellite imagery, it went from a big powerfullooking hurricane to a weak little Tropical Storm. But now its starting to reintensify. I can tell by the satellite imagery. The gusts are up to 85. Its move ing to the northwest 9. Marsh harbor, free port, you are seeing heavy rainfall. Those bands of showers and thunderstorms are move nook the peninsula of florida at this very second. You could see thos...

Cited in the book as well and other things, we are going to talk to him about. This on a day when the president announced a new list of potential nominees for Supreme Court vacancies should he be reelected. We have fox team coverage, peter doocy in michigan with what joe biden is saying today about the woodward book but first, Kristin Fisher is live on the north lawn with a very busy day at the white house. Good evening. Indeed, good evening, bret. President trump is calling Bob Woodwards new bo...

History ever to serve on the bench. Live Team Coverage tonight on the president s nomination, richard and willington that there were. Kristin fisher in pennsylvania for the president will hold a rally tonight. Chad on capitol hill david and the Supreme Court. First, john roberts. Outside the white house. A real opportunity for president to ideologically flip a seat on the Supreme Court. President trump has the opportunity here now to solidify if shes confirmed, a conservative majority on the Sup...

Challenger in southfield, michigan. Later chris sununu facing his democratic challenger in New Hampshires governors race. Watch all these debates tonight on cspan, cspan now, or online at cspan. Org. Host just after 9 00 on the east coast in time for our open forum. In this half hour, we let you leave the discussion. Any Public Policy or political issue. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. As you are calling in, we will give you a roadmap this morning. Af...

Appeal of soccer because i would be very happy if my being a female referee helps women play an active role in sports. And especially in soccer, in japan, there is still a long way to go for women in the world of soccer. So it would be great if this event could help promote female participation in all sorts of different ways. Not only sports, ah, this is edge 0. Lets get around now the top stories, georgia, maloney has been sworn in as it least new Prime Minister, the 1st woman to hold. The post...